Chapter 2 Dark Threads Turn Out to be Romantic Comedy (9)
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“I am from the Dali Sect…”
“I’m not interested in knowing your name!” Lin Nan rudely cut him off without any courtesy.
Grass your grandmother, you may not be interested, but the audience certainly is!
What if I win? Wouldn’t it then be my shining moment?
But because of this interruption, continuing would make it seem like I’m intentionally seeking fame.
This situation undeniably left him in a dilemma.
Dali Sect’s x*x*x was extremely upset. He didn’t use long weapons; instead, he wielded a pair of iron knuckle-dusters with polished sharp spikes on top, and they even emitted a faint red glow.
“At least a hundred people have died under my knuckle-dusters. Little girl, don’t blame me when I punch five holes in your face…”
Lin Nan said expressionlessly, “Are you here to tell jokes or fight? Don’t you see there’s a queue behind you?”
Grass your grandma, why do you always interrupt me before I finish speaking!
Goddammit!
Dali Sect’s x*x*x rushed forward with one swift punch aimed at Lin Nan’s face.
He hated it the most when people interrupted him, and this woman had committed his taboo twice in a row already.
“I’ll let you…”
Before Dali Sect’s x*x*x could finish his last word,
the Woman in Red suddenly did a backbend, narrowly dodging the punch at the last moment, and her foot swiftly struck his chin.
With a flip, the nearly 200-pound body of this Dali Sect’s x*x*x spun in the air like a wheel, flipped twice, and then fell heavily, fainting immediately and losing consciousness.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
With just one move, someone from the Dali Sect was kicked down by “Tahongchen” without any chance to retaliate.
No wonder Mu Zhi paused the match, respecting her skills; otherwise, it’d likely have ended with both parties injured.
For already renowned warriors, evenly matched duels are the most exhausting. It’s better for both parties to step back early if they can.
However, the onlookers, due to the betting, couldn’t let go of this opportunity, even actively challenging “Tahongchen” in hopes of earning a large amount of rewards.
But they hadn’t expected that the first challenger from the Dali Sect would suffer such a massive failure.
Just at that moment, a thin swordsman stepped over the body of Dali Sect’s x*x*x and faced Lin Nan.
Unlike the chatterbox from the Dali Sect, after dropping two silver ingots, the thin swordsman charged forward immediately without wasting any words.
“Clang clang clang…”
In mere seconds, their weapons clashed almost twenty times.
The thin swordsman’s fast blade technique was on par with the Qingcheng Sect, and both his strength and angle were impeccable, worthy of a master.
But, strangely enough, they were evenly matched.
Even Mu Zhi watched with rapt admiration, calling out in delight, exclaiming how invigorating the battle was.
“It’s the Lingnan Sword Demon! It is him!”
“Lingnan Sword Demon? That tiny dwarf?”
“This person hasn’t been seen in the martial world for nearly a decade. Who would have thought we’d spot him right here in Lehua Town.”
Once Mu Zhi heard this, the words of the Sect Leader about the Lingnan Sword Demon flashed in his mind:
This person is quiet-spoken but brutal in his swordcraft. Should you meet him in the martial world, refrain from facing him head-on; avoid his prowess and strike when appropriate to surely triumph.
There was a rumor in the martial world that this man was a protector for the Demon Sect. Due to an internal conflict within the Demon Sect ten years ago, he lost, disappeared, and thus avoided the mass slaughter when the Martial Arts Alliance wiped out the Demon Sect.
Now, with the Lingnan Sword Demon’s reappearance in the martial world, could it possibly be related to the supposed Demon Sect Saintess revival?
All these thoughts surfaced swiftly and vanished just as fast, while the fierce battle in the arena became more life-threatening than ever.
Lin Nan was sweating buckets; she never imagined that compared to her first opponent, this thin swordsman from Lingnan was much tougher to handle.
If it hadn’t been for her timely mastery of the Dugu Sword Technique, she might have been chopped into pieces long ago and died with regrets.
Even so, facing the Lingnan Sword Demon’s relentless and brutal attacks, she could only defend and had no room for counterattack.
Thankfully, the days spent cutting radishes in the kitchen of the Eight Immortals Restaurant in Sky Sword City weren’t wasted. To her, her sword control had reached a mysterious and almost magical level.
Thus, even though her opponent’s attacks were like stormy winds, with aid from sword intent, her Dugu Sword Technique, especially the Sword-breaking Form, became increasingly refined.
The Lingnan Sword Demon acted like her tutor, step by step restoring her sword intent from zero to its peak state, until the Dugu Sword Technique became deeply embedded in her bones under the sword intent’s support.
They gradually reached a state of evenly matched combat.
But she decided that she would conclude this battle in the most dazzling way possible.
“System, invest 20 Luck Value points!”
This time she doubled her investment, hoping that with the level 2 Luck Value boost, she would achieve her desired result.
At the same time, the Lingnan Sword Demon grew increasingly startled as they fought.
When she had easily defeated the man from the Dali Sect, he thought this woman did possess some skill, but it was far from enough to match his.
He resolved to finish the fight within twenty moves.
Initially, everything went as planned. This arrogant woman who boasted of defeating the Demon Sect’s Saintess gradually showed signs of weakening under his rapid attacks, retreating step by step.
He believed he was about to finish her, strip her of her lying face, and then settle accounts with her supporter Mu Zhi.
Unexpectedly, the woman grew stronger as they fought, her innovative and novel techniques targeting his vital points.
He couldn’t let the battle drag on any longer; he had never encountered anyone with such peculiar martial arts.
If she wasn’t killed today, she would surely become an enormous obstacle to the Demon Sect’s revival!
He suddenly leapt high into the air, his blade striking as quick as a flash of lightning, like petals falling from heaven that completely covered his opponent’s head.
There had been countless experts defeated under his ultimate skill, and today, there would be one more soul sent to the underworld. Lingnan Sword Demon felt absolutely nothing.
And right at this moment, a dazzling blade of light shot into the sky, so bright it temporarily blinded every onlooker.
Lingnan Sword Demon was no exception.
In all his years of existence, he had never seen such a bizarre technique. His mental state was shaken, and his sword technique slowed momentarily.
It was in this momentary opening that the opposing blade of light rushed in like a meteor shattering the Milky Way, accompanied by a series of clear and crisp “clang clang clang” as their blades collided.
Lingnan Sword Demon suddenly felt his weapon becoming lighter; the sword body above the hilt was shattered into fragments by the successive force and scattered on the ground.
Since he became famous, he had never suffered such a great defeat in his life.
When Lin Nan’s blade tip reached his throat, he could only dazedly stare at the scattered fragments on the ground, without any intention to resist.
[High Cold Value from Villager A +23]
[High Cold Value from Villager B +17]
[High Cold Value from Villager C +21]
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[High Cold Value from River Sand Gang x*x*x +160]
[High Cold Value from Kongtong Sect x*x*x +178]
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[High Cold Value from Lingnan Sword Demon +578]
[High Cold Value from Mu Zhi +501]
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[Your Current Cold Value is 36034.]
[You can spend 36,000 Cold Value points to upgrade the Dugu Sword Technique.]
When the crimson-clad, frost-faced “Tahongchen” turned her gaze toward the remaining two challengers, both of them trembled simultaneously, quickly pulled out a silver ingot from their pocket, dropped it, and disappeared into the crowd, not daring to show their faces again.
The Little Recipient’s eyes nearly became stars.
